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766 CE

Emperor Constantine V publicly humiliates 19 high-ranking officials in the Hippodrome of Constantinople, after discovering a plot against him. He executes the leaders, Constantine Podopagouros and his brother Strategios, and blinds and exiles the rest. Autumn – Siege of Kamacha: Abbasid forces under al-Hasan ibn Qahtaba are defeated at the fortress city of Kamacha, in eastern Cappadocia (modern Turkey). A Byzantine relief army (12,000 men) forces the Abbasids to retreat into Armenia. The Karluks defeat the Turgesh Khaganate in Central Asia. Most of Turkestan (former Onoq territory) falls under Karluk rule, except west of Lake Aral, where the loose confederation of the Oghuz Turks is about to emerge.

Conflict & Security

  • Autumn – Siege of Kamacha: Abbasid forces under al-Hasan ibn Qahtaba are defeated at the fortress city of Kamacha, in eastern Cappadocia (modern Turkey). A Byzantine relief army (12,000 men) forces the Abbasids to retreat into Armenia.source
  • The Karluks defeat the Turgesh Khaganate in Central Asia. Most of Turkestan (former Onoq territory) falls under Karluk rule, except west of Lake Aral, where the loose confederation of the Oghuz Turks is about to emerge.source
  • Sabin, ruler (khagan) of Bulgaria, flees to the Byzantine fortress city of Mesembria, from where he escapes to Constantinople. Constantine V arranges for the transfer of Sabin's family from Bulgaria.source

Religion & Belief

  • August 25 – Emperor Constantine V publicly humiliates 19 high-ranking officials in the Hippodrome of Constantinople, after discovering a plot against him. He executes the leaders, Constantine Podopagouros and his brother Strategios, and blinds and exiles the rest.source
  • Baghdad nears completion as up to 100,000 labourers create a circular city about 1 or 2 km in diameter (depending on the source). In the center of the "Round City" is a palace built for Caliph al-Mansur. The capital is ringed by three lines of walls (approximate date).source
  • Summer – Patriarch Constantine II is deposed and jailed, after the discovery of Constantine Podopagouros' plot against Constantine V. Nicetas I is appointed patriarch of Constantinople.source
  • Metten Abbey, near the town of Deggendorf (Bavaria), is founded by Gamelbert of Michaelsbuch.source

Births

  • Ali al-Ridha, 8th Shia Imam (d. 818)source
  • Li Cheng, chancellor of the Tang Dynastysource
  • Al-Fadl ibn Yahya al-Barmaki, Muslim governor (d. 808)source
  • Zhang Ji, Chinese scholar and poet (approximate date)source
  • Harun al-Rashid, Muslim caliph (or 763)source

Deaths

  • March 6 – Chrodegang, Frankish bishopsource
  • August 25 – Strategios Podopagouros, Byzantine generalsource
  • August 25 – Constantine Podopagouros, Byzantine officialsource
  • Fujiwara no Matate, Japanese nobleman (b. 715)source
  • Fallomon mac Con Congalt, king of Mide (Ireland)source
  • Abdullah al-Aftah, Shī‘ah Imam and Muslim scholarsource
  • Muhammad ibn al-Ash'ath al-Khuza'i, Muslim governorsource